After a sprint review for a park-permit widget, the team records which backlog items stakeholders accepted and which were sent back. Why are those notes useful as a control artifact?
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Short Explanation
Review notes are the receipt after the demo—what landed, what bounced. That evidence keeps control honest when someone asks what stakeholders actually accepted. They do not erase history or retire the backlog.
Full Explanation
Sprint review outcomes—acceptance or rejection of demonstrated backlog items—are important adaptive control evidence. Capturing them supports transparency and follow-up refinement. The notes complement, rather than replace, the product backlog and are not merely an earned-value variance substitute.